Matthew McConaughey explains why he quit Hollywood

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21 November 2024 at 3:00 am

The American actor decided to stop living in California in 2010 after becoming stuck in a rom-com rut - and hasn't looked back. The Magic Mike star told the Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios podcast, "I was the rom-com dude and that was my lane. It was working. But I was so strong in that lane that anything outside of that lane that I wanted to do, Hollywood said, 'No, no, no. You stay right there.'" He explained that this informed his decision to move to a different state, revealing…

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